By early evening, more than 60 rescuers were still trying
to dig out the couple from a 100-foot-long slide that wiped out their home in
the central region of Nagano, about 112 miles northwest of the capital.

The couple had been buried since late morning, and it was
unclear whether they were still alive, a police spokesman said.

A tornado also swept through western Tokyo, felling trees
and ripping roofs off at least 30 houses. No injuries were reported, police
said.

Meanwhile, about 9,600 rail passengers were stranded in
central Japan after lashing wind and rain kept two dozen of the country's super-fast
bullet trains from leaving stations, rail officials said.

Auto giant Toyota also halted production late Monday at
12 facilities lying in Danas' path, saying stormy weather posed risks to the
supply chain and workers trying to commute.

The temporary shutdown was to run through early Tuesday,
affecting production of 6,000 vehicles, company spokeswoman Hisayo Ogawa said.

By late afternoon, the typhoon, Japan's 15th of the season,
was hovering over the Pacific Ocean about 120 miles south of Hamamatsu, the
Meteorological Agency said. The central coastal town lies 125 miles west of
Tokyo.

Packing maximum winds of 78 miles per hour, Danas was heading
north at about 6 mph, the agency said. It was expected to hit coastal areas
of central and eastern Japan late Monday or early Tuesday.

Rainfall could reach 16 inches in some areas of the storm's
path by Tuesday morning, the Meteorological Agency said.

By midmorning Monday, areas of Tokyo were already being
inundated with up to 2{ inches of rain an hour, the agency said. After landfall,
the storm was forecast to head into northern Japan.

Waterlogged hills quickly became a landslide threat. One
landslide early Monday buried 20 parked cars in the town of Ootsuki, about 62
miles west of Tokyo, according to local police spokesman Tadashi Atobe. No one
was injured.

Some highways throughout the region were also closed because
of the stormy weather.

Meanwhile, another storm hovered off Kumejima, one of the
islands in the Okinawan chain in Japan's southernmost province on Monday morning,
the agency said. The storm, dubbed Nari, was packing winds up to 67 mph, the
agency said.

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